And Irma, we don't really give a crap about you, either.
Water, Water, Everywhere
Twenty-seven TRILLION gallons of water dumped on Southeast Texas in six days? That's what the various reports say.
And we say, "Big whoop!"
Wild-Westy, pavement-obsessedy Houston essentially destroyed, molded, and steeped in a toxic stew from chemical plants gone kablooey while the … [Read more...]

In the echo-sphere of political punditry consensus forms rapidly, gels, and then, in short order...calcifies.
The me-tooism infecting the chattering class reveals all too well how little original thought — and even less deep — drives the conversation.
We saw this in the trigger-happy response to Tuesday's Vice Presidential debate when serial liar Indiana Governor Mike … [Read more...]

Dear Sir/Madam:
I'm writing to you who control our government now -- that is, the big corporations of the world. Let's not pretend it is otherwise. Thanks to a system in which money buys elections, nearly all of our politicians are in your employ.
Thanks for wrecking everything.
If I were a Millennial, this might not surprise me or even be worthy of mention. They have … [Read more...]

Tomorrow, February 11, Transition Voice will join a worldwide Internet protest against online surveillance by the NSA and other U.S. spy agencies. Below we re-post a call-to-action from the group Demand Progress. If you care about protecting freedom on the Internet, we hope you'll take part.
-- Ed.
Dear Users of the Internet,
In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA … [Read more...]

When I give these climate talks, by the end people are typically agitated and full of questions. “What technology is going to fix this?” “How are we ever get people to agree on a solution?” “I’m just one person, what could I possibly do that would make an impact?”
My answers often catch people a little off guard: I try to instill that more important than any technical fix is … [Read more...]